SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-006544 to BANCO ITAU CHILE (CIK 0001276671)
BANCO ITAU CHILE (CIK 0001276671)
Date: June 16, 2023 · CIK: 0001276671 · Accession: 0000000000-23-006544
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 16, 2023
Manuel Orillac
Partner
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Re: Banco Ita Chile
Schedule 14D-9
filed June 12, 2023
File No. 005-80508
Schedule 13E-3
filed June 12, 2023
File No. 005-80508
Dear Manuel Orillac:
We have reviewed your
filing and have the following comment.
Please respond to this comment by providing the requested
information or advise us as
soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our
comment applies to your facts
and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this comment, we may have
additional comments.
Defined terms used herein have the same meaning as in your Schedule
14D-9.
Schedule 14D-9 filed June 12, 2023
The Solicitation or Recommendation, page 4
1. We note your disclosure
that "Chilean law requires each member of the Board, other than
an alternate director,
acting in his individual capacity, to express in writing his reasoned
opinion as to the
convenience (conveniencia) of the Offers for the Company s
shareholders" and that
certain members of the Board have determined that the "the Offers
are convenient for the
Company s shareholders." Similar disclosure appears in exhibit
(a)(1). We believe that
the use of the term "convenient" in this context is confusing to
U.S. shareholders.
Please revise to clarify each board member's position with respect to
the Offers. See Item
1012(a) of Regulation M-A.
Schedule 13E-3 filed June 12, 2023
General, page 1
2. Each filing person must
individually comply with the filing, dissemination, disclosure and
Manuel Orillac
Shearman & Sterling LLP
June 16, 2023
Page 2
signature requirements of Schedule 13E-3. While you may incorporate by
reference to
disclosure provided by another filing person, circumstances may make
that impracticable,
given the different situations of the entities and individuals
involved. For example, the
reasons of the Banco Ita Chile Directors for engaging in this
transaction and for the
timing of it will necessarily be different than for Purchaser and IUH.
Therefore, revise to
include all of the information required by Schedule 13E-3 and its
instructions for each
Director. As one example only, revise to include a statement as to
whether each Director
believes the Rule 13e-3 transaction to be fair to unaffiliated
security holders and an
analysis of the material factors upon which each Director relied in
reaching such a
conclusion. Refer to Item 1014(a) of Regulation M-A and Instruction 1
to Item 1014 of
Regulation M-A.
3. Refer to comment one. Revise the Schedule 13E-3 and exhibit (a)(2) to
avoid confusion
regarding the use of the term "convenient."
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
Please direct any questions to Christina Chalk at (202) 551-3263 or Blake
Grady at (202)
551-8573.
FirstName LastNameManuel Orillac Sincerely,
Comapany NameShearman & Sterling LLP
Division of
Corporation Finance
June 16, 2023 Page 2 Office of Mergers
& Acquisitions
FirstName LastName
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